Companies Have Little Incentive to Fight Workplace Sexual Harassment

According to research conducted by Vanderbilt economist, Joni Hersch, American companies have few incentives to eliminate the risks of workplace sexual harassment. While companies routinely work to eliminate workplace safety risks to avoid burdensome penalties and fines, the same is not true when it comes to the elimination of workplace sexual harassment risks. Companies facing [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2018/04/10/fight-workplace-sexual-harassment/

Pentagon Misconduct Complaints

According to data from the Department of Defense investigators, the number of misconduct claims made against senior military and defense officials has gone up in recent years, but a higher percentage of these claims have been dismissed as not credible. Because of this higher rejection rate, fewer officers were found guilty of misconduct in recent [ ] The post Pentagon Misconduct Complaints appeared first on Discrimlaw NJ.
http://www.njdiscrimlaw.net/2018/04/09/pentagon-misconduct-complaints/

Cadets Director George Hopkins Quits After Alleged Sexual Misconduct

After several accounts of alleged sexual misconduct, The Cadets drum and bugle corps director, George Hopkins, quit his position on Thursday. In 1979, Hopkins was hired by the Youth Education in Arts nonprofit organization based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and then became the director of the corps in 1982. Apparently, allegations span about 40 years and [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2018/04/07/cadets-george-hopkins-sexual-misconduct/

NBC Attempts to Bury Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Shaun White

Recently, snowboarding Olympic gold-medalist, Shaun White, was accused of sexual harassment by a woman who was his bandmate in 2016. The accusations were in a lawsuit that was settled privately. Given all the recent media attention about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement, it is somewhat surprising that NBC did not highlight the sexual harassment [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2018/04/06/sexual-harassment-shaun-white/

Abusive Supervisors

Recently, the Journal of Business Ethics published a study by the Naveen Jindal School of Management on the impact of abusive supervision in the workplace. For the study, abusive supervision was defined as a subordinate s perception of their supervisor as engaging in sustained hostile verbal and non-verbal behaviors. The study did not include physical contact. [ ]
http://www.discrimlaw.net/2018/04/04/abusive-supervisors/

Sidney L. Gold Featured in Philadelphia Style Magazine

Sidney L. Gold of Sidney L. Gold & Associates was recently featured in the Legal Eagles section of Philadelphia Style. Sid has been at the forefront of fighting for the rights of employees for more than 40 years.  Congratulations, Sid!
http://www.discrimlaw.net/news_releases/gold-featured-phila-style-mag/

Flu Epidemic Gives Urgency to Sick Leave Law

As New Jersey feels the effect of the flu epidemic this year, legislators are calling for laws requiring paid sick time as a matter of public health. Employees who do not have the ability to take paid sick leave will go to work despite their illness, exposing their co-workers to potentially contagious viruses, including the [ ] The post Flu Epidemic Gives Urgency to Sick Leave Law appeared first on Discrimlaw NJ.
http://www.njdiscrimlaw.net/2018/04/02/sick-leave-law/